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'A.' WMKINS, oF- PRoeTonsvLLn, -ve'nMoNTf Lehm Pmm'ivo. 64,7'27, me May '14, 1367.

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Be it known that I, G. A. WATKINS, of4 P'octorsville, Windsor county, Vermont, have invent-ed e new :ind

-useful .improvement in 'Seats for Chairs; and Ido hereby declare that the following is afuil, dem, :und exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in thev art to make end use the seme, reference heinghod to 'the accompanying drawings, foi'miegp'art oi' .this'speeiicatiom The invention consists in the use of metallic eornerrpieces to the corners of the choir-seat frame, of snitahic construction and forni to receive eind heid the legs tothe-chair, whether the fi'ont'oi reelilegs, as will he herein V. l.' eftermore fully described. In the accompanying plate of drawings my improvementsm frames for chau seats' .gai-e illustmted--i v Figuel'beinge plan viev.y oi' the under side of the ehni-irame,'Showingit hi'oken-out, and in partial'hm'izn'tel section upon one side.

Figure 2, a tansverse section, taken intheplene rof the line u: :c,-g. and Figure 3, enedge' view of one of the cornet pieces, l l Similar iettersofqei'elence indicate corresponding parts.

yriejtheewiegm nepzfeseetethe ehzti'r-eeotteeme, tvhiehfreme emotie font-sdcirbu teolegeatei; .wjdih at its front, Ethan :it its rear side, C, D, E', F, and Gr being the several stripspi" bars of wood formingz the seet- Lfteme. The several stlips'), ete., at their' ends ere cut on :t mitre o1' angle, so that, when pet together, they Willi'orm the requisite size anclshepe of seat-freine, and make perfect corners. At each endofhe strips D,V

etc., a groove is mede or cutiof suitable shape A.ind4 size te receive the fia-t key=pins H thataredxiven into them the several corners; to the seat-fiume, as plainly shown in the drawing, hy which key-pins/ the conefs are made strong, rigich'im, end sti, ashis obvious-Without tiny. further explaination.l I, the metellie eernei' pieces for the eheirA-seatv/fielne, which cornelrpiueees, aceoiidjng to their attachment to the chair seat, .ivhetheint front or rem' side, are construetedin the one 'cswithlilleysocket, J, for the-.edges to be vinserted in, either by screwing orvi'n any other' proper inanneijbend in the o'ther o1 Yinittefis'eJvith-a-nY extension eerne forming a nut, into. which ai bolt or screw een he screwedfor fastening the 1enr legs to the edge of theyhaiframe when silch legxtendmpwm'd, forming the supports for the hach-frame to the chair.` In' lichnoiueing the let-shaped key-pins, and grooving the corners ofthe chair-Haute, es has been described, dowehpins may be empio'yed-for uniting the corners together, the present invention, in this' particular, consisting in enttingtlie strips or bars at their ends, where'to he jointed together, ilpon an angle or mitre, 'tied' securing them together by key or dovvehpins, o1' any equivalents therefor, applied substantially als described. i

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patente-'el l 'Securing the legs tol the seat of the'chair by menne vof the metallic corner pieces i, provided with the perforeted extensionplztte K, bent et tight :ingles thereto, and'fo'rgnin'g nuts to receive a holt passing through the leg of the chair, substantially as herein shownend described. A` i The 'above'speeiiieetion of my invention signed by me this 14th day et' Febin'gn-y, 186i'.

- i G'. A. WATKNS; Witnesees: A

ALBERT W'. Bnewn, ALI-1X. F. Boheme. 

